Cheiracanthium filiapophysium
| Cheiracanthium filiapophysium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cheiracanthiidae |
| Genus: | Cheiracanthium |
| Species: | C. filiapophysium
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheiracanthium filiapophysium Chen et Huang, 2012
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Cheiracanthium filiapophysium, known in Mandarin Chinese as "絲距紅螯蛛" or Thread spur red chelate spider, is a species of yellow sac spider endemic to Taiwan. [1]
Description
[edit]C. filiapophysium are yellowish brown in color, with a pale grayish brown dorsal cardiac pattern on their abdomens. [1] They lack a thoracic furrow. Their chelicerae sport three teeth on both the promargin and retromargin of each fang groove. Males have well-developed palpal bulbs. They most resemble C. torsivum but may be distinguished by their long, thin, and curved cymbial spurs and pear-shaped spermatheca.
Etymology
[edit]The species name "filiapophysium" means "thread-like apophysis, referring to the thin, long, and curved cymbial spur on the male pedipalp. [1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Chen, Shyh-hwang; Huang, Wen-Jean (May 2012). The Spider Fauna of Taiwan. National Taiwan Normal University. p. 16-18. ISBN 9789577526687.